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Ah, the seductive powers of the mountain bike. In Sacramento a new program aims to use bicycling (I assume they mean mountain biking, cycling is still a pretty elite sport) to lure kids away from gangs and negative influences. The article is sparse on details but it sounds like an innovative way to build kids …

In perhaps another example of mountain biking becoming the next golf, Paul Kedrosky writes “Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Mountain-biking.” Paul makes some good points about looking where you want to go and knowing your limits. Maybe there’s a book idea somewhere in there? Lance certainly does well on the corporate speaking …

Nice video compilation of mountain bike crashes on Google Video. Actually the vid is a little slow getting started but hold on – there’s plenty of pain to keep you entertained.

For some reason these mountain bike job posts always seem to come to me on Fridays -¬† which is too bad since most of us dream of these types of jobs on Monday mornings :(. This week’s job is perhaps the one job that will make you question your career choice the most – Mountain …

We haven’t been officially blogging that long but we’ve been writing online mountain bike articles on singletracks for years (5 and a half years to be exact). Now you can find all our past articles right here in our blog archives, including our most popular article EVER – MTB Jerks. Enjoy the blast from the …

I can’t imagine skiing off a jump like this, let alone hitting the ground on a mountain bike. I also love the reactions of the Richard Simmons look-alike on the ground, classic.

I’ve written a couple times about mountain bike jobs (here and here) and somehow I keep finding other jobs I’ve overlooked. The latest gig I found is mountain bike photographer and if you’re looking for a role model, Seb Rogers seems like a pretty good guy to look up to. His portfolio is pretty amazing …